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Bailey

//ˈbeɪli// name, noun

Proper Noun

1
A surname. countable
"“I did not initiate, welcome, encourage, engage in, or learn from much less enjoy, [Adam] Bailey’s tirade. I did not base any part of any of my rulings on it, as Bailey has outlandishly, mistakenly, and defamatorily claimed,” Engoron wrote."
2
A surname.; An English surname from Anglo-Norman [in turn originating as an occupation] for a steward or official. countable, uncountable
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A surname.; An English topographic surname from someone who lived by a bailey (the outer wall of a castle). countable, uncountable
4
A surname.; An Irish surname originating as an occupation, an anglicization of Báille (“bailie”). countable, uncountable
5
A unisex given name; A male given name transferred from the surname. countable, uncountable

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A unisex given name; A female given name transferred from the surname. US, countable, uncountable
7
A placename; A sea area, to the north of Rockall, centred on the former Bill Bailey Bank (now Rockall Basin), located in the Atlantic. countable, uncountable
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A placename; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Park County, Colorado. countable, uncountable
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A placename; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Sherburne County, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
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A placename; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. countable, uncountable
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A placename; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Missouri; named for early settler John Martin Bailey. countable, uncountable
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A placename; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Nash County, North Carolina. countable, uncountable
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A placename; A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Grady County, Oklahoma. countable, uncountable
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A placename; A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Fannin County, Texas. countable, uncountable

Noun

1
The outer wall of a feudal castle.
2
An apple cultivar from New York
3
the outer defensive wall that surrounds the outer courtyard of a castle wordnet
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The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.
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the outer courtyard of a castle wordnet

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A prison or court of justice.
"the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester"
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An argument which is controversial and more difficult to defend (in the context of a motte and bailey fallacy).
""Birds are dinosaurs" is the bailey; "birds are more similar to dinosaurs than anything else" is the motte."

Etymology 1

From Old French baile (“palisade, enclosure”), from Latin bacula, plural of baculum (“stick, rod”).

Etymology 2

(English topographic surname): See bailey (“outer castle wall”)

Etymology 3

(English topographic surname): See bailey (“outer castle wall”)

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